Talk:Boeing 367-80

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[edit] I'm not convinced=

The article says

"Prior to building the Dash 80, Boeing officials tried to convince airlines and the Air Force this would be an aircraft that would be useful and economical. These potential customers were unconvinced"

That contradicts what I've read. USAF was looking for a jet tanker to service its new fighters, having recognized the KC-97 was too slow, as early as 1949; the C-102 was advanced as a potential solution.... Trekphiler 15:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Barrel Roll

"To date Johnston is the only pilot known to have performed a roll in a four engine jet transport." -- this is incorrect. Concorde has also been rolled.

Maybe so, but who was the pilot? Perhaps the Concorde rolled itself. Without a verifiable source (ie, not You-tube, as videos can be faked), the sourced comment in the text should stand. ALso, as text appears to have been added to the text since the original sourced item, I'm adding a {{vs}} tag for someone to check out what the source "actually" says. I'm highly suspicious that whenever someone makes a claim on WP about a US plane doing whatever, it's not long before someone adds an unsourced claim on a British aircraft that supposedly did the same thing, usually earlier, ie the Miles M.52 design, or the EE Lighning's "supercruise" ability. Conversely, for example, Americans have no trouble admiting that the angled deck, mirror landing system, and steam catapult were all British inventions that enabled modern carrier operations with jet aircraft, without the credibility-stretching "redefinitioning" that often goes on in such cases. - BillCJ (talk) 22:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)